Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment and Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34721]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

summary: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for 
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad 
Retirement Board will publish periodic summaries of proposed data 
collections.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection 
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Title and Purpose of information collection: Representative Payee 
Parental Custody Monitoring.
    Under Section 12(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), the 
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is authorized to select, make payments 
to, and to conduct transactions with, a beneficiary's relative or some 
other person willing to act on behalf of the beneficiary as a 
representative payee. The RRB is responsible for determining if direct 
payment to the beneficiary or payment to a representative payee would 
best serve the beneficiary's interest. Inherent in the RRB's 
authorization to select a representative payee is the responsibility to 
monitor the payee to assure that the beneficiary's interests are 
protected. Triennially, the RRB utilizes Form G-99d, Parental Custody 
Report, to obtain information needed to verify that a parent-for-child 
representative payee still has custody of the child. One response is 
required from each respondent. No changes are proposed to Form G-99d.

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden

    The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:

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                                      Annual                    Burden
            Form #(s)               responses    Time (Min)     (Hrs)
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G-99d............................        1,850            5          154
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additional information or comments: To request more information or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms, and/
or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at (312) 
751-3363. Comments regarding the information collection should be 
addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 N. Rush 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092. Written comments should be 
received within 60 days of this notice.
Chuck Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-34721 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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